Deputy
foreign minister Danylo Lubkivsky said Russia is "us(ing) the
pretext of humanitarian aid and assistance, and it seems they are
just running out of excuses for their aggression."

On
Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said arrangements to
deliver aid were agreed on. They comply with Kiev's wishes in all
respects.

"We
have agreed on a route convenient for the Kiev authorities. We agreed
that our trucks would have Ukrainian number plates during their way
through Ukrainian territory," said Lavrov.

"We
also agreed to take on board not only the representatives of the Red
Cross and the OSCE, but also representatives of the Ukrainian
authorities.”

"We
have received a note with the confirmation of the Ukrainian side's
readiness to receive the aid."

Kiev
reneged on its pledge. Russian aid remains in limbo unless or until
delivering it is possible.

Lavrov
"hopes that public statements made by some Kiev authorities with
the demand for new conditions will be disavowed and won't interfere
with the accomplishment of the agreement reached between Russia,
Ukraine and the Red Cross."

"We
firmly rely on the assurances by the Ukrainian authorities. They are
guaranteeing the safety of the whole convoy's movement on the
territory controlled by the Ukrainian special forces."

"We
expect the self-defense forces to express the same attitude toward
this humanitarian action."

"I'm
sure there'll be no breaches, as they are now on the territory, the
residents of which require badly humanitarian assistance."

At
the same time, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said Moscow, the ICRC
and Kiev will jointly decide where aid will be delivered.

Kiev's
National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andrey Lysenko
claimed Russian aid was accompanied by a sophisticated S-300 air
defense system able to down Ukrainian warplanes with great precision.

This
and similar claims aim disingenuously to portray legitimate Russian
humanitarian aid as aggression.

"Russia
has no right to move into Ukraine unilaterally, whether under the
guise of humanitarian convoys or any other pretext, without Kiev's
permission," she said.

On
Wednesday, she again said "nothing can happen without the
express consent, permission, decisions made, by Kiev."

She
ignored Washington's longstanding history of intervening lawlessly in
the internal affairs of other countries.

It
does so unilaterally or with rogue partners. It does it by military
and/or other means. It flagrantly violates international,
constitutional and US statute laws in the process.

Bombing
Iraq is the latest example. So is replacing Ukraine's democratically
elected government with a neo-Nazi infested fascist regime.

On
August 11, CIA-controlled Washington
Post editors
headlined "The West must oppose Russia's 'humanitarian' invasion
of Ukraine, saying:

"RUSSIA
AGAIN appeared on the verge of invading Ukraine over the weekend,
this time in the guise of a 'humanitarian operation.' "

"President
Obama and other Western leaders sounded the alarm, warning that the
prospective intervention 'is unacceptable, violates international law
and will provoke additional consequences.' "

"(T)he
United States and its allies must be prepared to act quickly if
Russian military forces cross the frontier."

"The
motive for another escalation in Russia's ongoing meddling is clear
enough: not the 'humanitarian crisis' the Kremlin claims is occurring
in areas held by its surrogate forces but the threat that the
Ukrainian army and allied militias will win a military victory."

Fact:
No evidence whatever suggests Russia intends to invade Ukraine.

Fact:
Claims otherwise are bald-faced lies.

Fact:
WP and other Western media scoundrels repeat them with disturbing
regularity.

At
risk is an East/West confrontation potentially leading to war between
two nations with over 90% of the world's nuclear arsenal and
sophisticated delivery systems able to strike targets worldwide with
pinpoint accuracy.

Risking
something potentially this grave is madness. It remains to be seen if
the unthinkable can be avoided.

A
Final Comment

As
of mid-August, the Southeastern Ukrainian death toll topped 2,000.
Thousands have been wounded.

Hundreds
of thousands are displaced. Many fled cross border to Russia for
safety.

On
average, over 60 people have been killed or wounded daily since Kiev
forces attacked Southeastern Ukraine in April.

Since
August 1, the figure is 70 daily casualties on average. According to
UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly, these numbers are "very
conservative estimates."